grassfinch

grassfinch
grassfinch grass"finch` n. Any of several usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds; they are often kept as cage birds.

Syn: grass finch. [WordNet 1.5]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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